sci-fi short story about clonning

"BLUE INK"

 "It’s an ugly world when a man enslaves himself"

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"When robots kill"

 

Ethical concerns and consideration on automated killing. 

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That's how you treat a woman

 

           

"Be very careful if you make a woman cry,
because God counts her tears.
The woman came out of a man's rib.
Not from his feet to be walked on.
Not from his head to be superior.
But from the side to be equal.
Under the arm to be protected,
and next to the heart to be loved."

 Hebrew Talmud

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A Theory On Hell

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term:

"Is Hell exothermic [gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added. This gives two possibilities.


1) If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2) Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.


So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Therese Banyan during my Freshman year "That it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.


The student got the only A.

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IMAGINATION

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.
But without it, we go nowhere.
Carl Sagan

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  'The Wise Woman's Stone'

 

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.

"I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."

 

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We have indeed been in the struggle. The recent immigrant rights mobilizations across the country were a great inspiration. The breadth of organizing was astounding, and in many places the numbers on the streets were the largest ever, invigorating our movements with new life and energy. We are inspired not only by the huge Latino movement of families and youth that hit the streets, but also by the long-term organizing of many immigrant communities that have been doing base-building work for decades in increasingly hostile environs since 9/11.

Since the mobilizations, the Senate has passed a modified version of HR 4437 and it now goes to committee. While immigrant rights groups around the country have different visions of what would constitute a victory, it is certain that the current proposals - including those from Democrats - would make life worse for the majority of immigrants. The militarization of the border, continued exploitation of immigrant labor (whether as indentured servants disguised as "guest workers" or other undocumented workers forced into the underground economy), and criminalization of everyday life for immigrants, from schooling to health care to driving, is an assault against any real rights for immigrant communities. The fight continues. Meanwhile, a new generation of activists is making noise, organizing walk outs in their schools, unionizing their workplaces, marching in the streets, and starting their own initiatives.

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